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Centring women’s rights in transitional justice processes in Northern Uganda: FIDA-Uganda’s experience.

Kasande, Kihika Sarah
June 4, 2015

Source: (2010) paper presented at the African Transitional Justice Research Network Workshop “Advocating Justice: Civil Society and Transitional Justice in Africa” 30–31 August 2010, Johannesburg, South Africa

Accountability for gender crimes remains a critical challenge for most post-conflict societies.1
The pervasive violations that women experience during armed conflicts are rarely integrated
into transitional justice processes, which entrenches existing inequalities and fosters a
culture of impunity for gender crimes.2 This paper highlights the advocacy strategies and
activities implemented by FIDA-Uganda to engender transitional justice mechanisms in
northern Uganda in order to end impunity for gender crimes. (author’s abstract)

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